Lesson Six – Modern and Ancient Games

This history teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to explore how to select and devise logos representing the themes and ideals of the ancient games that took place in the past.

The class can identify and describe some of the similarities and differences between the modern and ancient games.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to explore how to select and devise logos representing the themes and ideals of the ancient games that took place in the Ancient Greek civilization in the past

Activities in this teaching pack include a display poster to identify and describe how to produce logos representing the modern and ancient games and a template to select and record the designs for logos to represent the modern and ancient games.

The interactive presentation can be used to explore how to select and devise logos representing the themes and ideals of the ancient games in the past.

This lesson is part of a history scheme of work to get the children to explore the development of the Olympic Games that began during the history of Ancient Greece and make comparisons with modern competitions. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.

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